Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-04-14
FRONT ELEVATION.

hall may be used as one room, it may be iso
lated to any degree desirable. 1t would be
entirely possible to separate the two by
means of sliding doors, in which event
the opening from the room into the
passage would have to be a little
narrower than shown on the drawings. This
room could be used as the office of physi-
clan, or of gentleman who did more or less
business at home, by making the front vesti-
bule about six inches deeper. A separate en-
trance could be provided. In this event,
door from the room into the passage leading
to the living part of the house would be
necessity. The circular bay end of this room
would present an attractive feature The
windows in this part of the room might be
placed about four feet from the floor, in
which event book shelves could be arranged
below them. The window in front goes to
within seventeen inches of the floor. Under
the stairway and leading from this reception
room is very liberal closet, which would
render this room much more habitable. In
this closet there should be q small window.
Leading from the passage is the stairway,
two closets and two places which may be
used for a hat rack. One might be used for
a hat rack and the other for an umbrella
stand-as to the closets, one for the gentle
men of the house and the other by the ladies.
The one nearest the stairway would probably
be chosen for the former. In it might be
placed overshoes, coats, hats, etc. Thus the
hall will be comparatively free from every
thing excepting that belonging to visitors or
callers. A closet to be used by the ladies
alone will never be fully appreciated until
they have the use of such one. And then, to
use common expression, "they could hardly
understand how they ever kept house without
it." The little passage in which this closet Is
placed is separated from the hall by a door.
There is another door leading out of this
passage into the kitchen. Thus there are two
doors between the kitchen and the front part
of the house This arrangement has in mind
the isolation of the kitchen from the other
rooms in way to prevent the passage OF the
usual kitchen odors.
While the stairways in this house are con-
venient and easy of construction, there is
certain amount of complication in their ar
rangement which makes them difficult or de-
scription so as to be understood by those not
accustomed to examining floor plans. For
this reason will consider myself fortunate If
make myself understood by all alike. In
the first place. there is the stairway from the
front hall to the floor above and out from
the kitchen to the landing of the front STAIR
way. and another from the kitchen to the
cellar. The landing of the front stairway and
the landing from the kitchen stairway Is In
common: that is, it is the same. For the pur-
pose of making this understood l will say
that one might go up the stairway from the
front hall to the landing some eight steps
above and from thence down into the Kitchen,
or he can turn right face and go on the land
ing to the second floor. This part OF the stairs
is used by the people coming up from the
kitchen as well as by those from the front
hall. However, the kitchen stairway is sep
arated from the landing by door. Ihere